Thomas Doyen

Thomas’ recent experience includes representing:

• Alcentra Limited on the financial restructuring of Groupe People and Baby
• An investment fund as new money provider on a potential c. €3 billion dropdown financing for Altice France
• Bain Capital on its bid to acquire Atos, including a massive underlying financial restructuring (aborted)
• An opportunistic fund in connection with a potential holdco financing of the Ginestet group, a venture capital and private equity group with notably a retail branch encompassing the brands GiFi, Besson, and Trafic
• Vantiva SA, a French multinational specializing in creative services and technology products, on various refinancing and capital structure options
• IMC Toys Group on the restructuring and liquidation of its French subsidiary IMC Toys France
• Steering Committee of the €1.4 billion Term Loan B in the €8 billion financial restructuring of the Casino Guichard-Perrachon’s group
• The banks on the amicable debt and equity restructuring of the Damartex Group, a leading player in the silver economy
• Briarwood Chase Management as minority shareholder and creditor in the financial restructuring of Technicolor Creative Studios 
• The creditors’ representatives (mandataires judiciaires) in the context of Go Sport and Wilsam (Gap) insolvency proceedings
• The bilateral lenders of the GEFCO group as a result of the sanctions imposed on the main shareholder, the Russian company Russian Railways, and the subsequent acquisition of the group by CMA-CGM
• Farallon Capital as subscriber of GreenYellow’s issue of €109 million convertible bonds with warrants attached. GreenYellow is a leading energy transition company and subsidiary of Casino Group
• Plastic Energy group in the amicable restructuring and sale of a French subsidiary to the GreenDot’s group
• Fedrigoni in the takeover of certain Arjowiggins France’s activities under insolvency proceedings
• The Pimkie group, a French apparel brand, on its financial and operational restructuring
• A potential new money investor in the context of Orpea’s financial restructuring
• Smyths Toys in the takeover of the assets and activities of Luderix International (operating the PicWicToys brand) by way of an asset sale plan
• Certares in the context of the equity investment bid process of the Pierre & Vacances – Center Parcs group
• Marathon Asset Management in the refinancing of Foraco International SA's indebtedness
• The cross-holders coordinating committee in the financial restructuring and debt-to-equity swap of the Europcar group
• Butler Industries in its bid for the acquisition of Courtepaille’s assets and activities under insolvency proceedings
• Impala in the successful takeover of the cosmetics group Alès Groupe under insolvency proceedings
• Grain de Malice (Oosterdam group) in its bid offer for part of the assets and businesses of Camaïeu in the context of insolvency proceedings
• BUT in relation to the financial difficulties of Paris Bedding (Dunlopillo) and restructuring of the Adova group and subsequent litigation matters
• The coordinating committee of senior noteholders in the cross-border restructuring of the Lecta group (including Condat in France, the first private employer in Dordogne)*
• A group of majority bondholders, including Anchorage Capital and Hayfin Capital, on the third restructuring of the Vivarte group, resulting through the implementation of a Fiducie (French trust) in the complete cancellation of its debt and its takeover by the bondholders and ending the financial restructuring of Vivarte for more than €3 billion since 2014*
• Cromology (formerly Materis Paint) and its sponsor Wendel, a Paris-listed private equity firm, on Cromology’s financial restructuring*
• Schmolz + Bickenbach in its successful bid for the acquisition of the assets and businesses of Asco Industries (Ascometal group) under insolvency proceedings and the subsequent negotiations regarding Ascoval*
• The steering committee of the high-yield bondholders on the debt and share capital restructuring of French oil services listed company CGG, among the major financial restructurings in France with US$3 billion indebtedness, and the first restructuring conducted under French (sauvegarde) and US (chapter 11 and chapter 15) legal proceedings led in parallel*
• KKR in its bid offer for the assets and activities of Gerard Darel under insolvency proceedings*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham